Method of attaching bails to containers and the like



Nov. 24, 1931.

J. H. RENSHAW METHOD OF ATTACHING BAILS TO CONTAINERS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 8, 1930 K I m .fllllllllllllllllu v Josnrn HOWARD nnnsimw, 01 mm: oniofassienon T0 conrINEnrAn cm I v Fig. 2.

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V Fig. 2 is a view showing in plan the die for shaping the bail positioned relative to the ear for the insertion ofabail end therein and with the upper member ofthe die withdrawn 3 into the die shaping. groove.

Patented Nov. 24, 1931 comm, meg, 0F NEW"Y0RK,1 1\T.'Y.,A oonlronerron-or NEW YORK MET OD or meme BAILs ro conrarnnns Ann THE LIKE The invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a method of attaching bailsto containers, pails and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide method whereby the bail end as it is inserted in the ear is shaped so that itcannot bedetached from the ear Withoutdistorting the bail end. v p I :A'further object of the inventionv is to V I0 rovide a method whereby the bail end may e passed through a die and projected into the ear and wherein the portion extending into the ear is soshaped through theaid of the die as to prevent the detaching of the l-bail end from the'ear without distorting the metal in the bail end.

These and other objects will 'in' part-be obvious and will in partbe hereinafterinore fully disclosed. i

In the drawings which tion I Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a container with the bail attached thereto to show the shaping groove in plan.

Fig. 3 is a side view of thejparts shown in Fig.4 is a view similar to 2 showing the end of the bail inserted a shortdistance Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the bail end as. having passed all the way through the die and attached to the ear.

Fig.6 is a view-showing one end of the bail prior to theinsertion of the isame through the shaping-die.

The invention is directed broadly to a method of attaching bails to containers. pails and the like, and moreparticularlv the attaching of awire'bail to an 'ear'on the con tainer. It is desirable to place the ear on the container at a point beneath the upper end of the container and in such a wav that 7 there is no opening through the wall bf. the

1 container. This greatly facilitates the packshow way of" illustration one embodiment of the inven- Application filed mm sa'i Serial no. 426,918.

ing and handling of the container. Ithas' been a common practice to provide contain erswitha dome-shaped ear having a perforation n its outer wall and this doine' shaped ear is connected to the body either soldering or bybumping. is preferable' to provide the ear with an inner wall so that there s a closed chamber except for-the opening through which the bail passes into the ear. 4 'The present invention-has to with I method of attaching a wirebail to' an ea'riof the above type'and consists in-shaping the l bail end as it is-receive'd in the ear sons to produce a shaped endwithin theear whichv prevents the ball from being detached from the ear during handlingiaiidsto'ring. I

The-invention asillus'trated in the drawings is embodied 1n a die shaping device through which the bail end is'passe'd as it is inserted in the ear; There is a die shaping device associated with'eachearand both-ends are simultaneously" inserted in-the r respec V tive ears andshaped so as to he'pe'rnianently attached to the .container. The die shaping device is provided 'with a shaping groove which receives the end ofthe wire bail and as the bail end is forced into the die groove it will be curved'progress vely and as it is curved the hail end is passed through the opening leading to the ear, and'thus ltis that the end offthe ha l,1 s, ;1Ven acurved shape within" the ear chamber which prevents the v end 61: th'ban mb g unhooked or reg leased from the ear i The 'invention'willpossibly be better under stood by a brief reference to the drawings wh ch show. oneemhodiment of the invenf U011. In' the drawings, he container, is in so I .dicated at and the ears which are attached" to the container at 1. The ear is dome aped and is provided with an inner wall 2 spaced from the outer'wallfi thus forming an inner chamber 4:. The outerwall 3 isprovide'd i withfen opening Thefbailis indicatediat 6 inthe drawings. Bothends of thehail are larlygshaped and the invention will he d'escribed in -connection with the attaching ofone en ionlyw n a a beingn ste that the other end is simultaneously attached .to the other ear in the samemanner. 7 The bail 6 is first formed with a straight, bail end 7, as shown in Fig.6. There. is preferably an ofi'set 8 between the bail end 7 and the body portion of the bail; The bail'endis shaped as it is attached tothe. ear by .a shaping' die which consists of a lower member 9 and'an upper member 10. These two mem-" bers-jare attached to each other so that one may slide on the other. ThesetWo members are providedat their inner ends with a recess 11 whichis adapted to fit over thelearonth'e container and thus locate the ear of the container relative to the shapingdie. Thelower member 9 of the shaping die is provided 7a of thebail end which isdisposedwithin with a -sh'aping. groovelQ. This shaping groove 12 has a straightportion 12 at the receivingend thereof and a curved portion 12bat the delivery end'thereof.

When. the. ear is placed in the recess in the. shapingidie the opening 5 is directlyoppd. site the delivery end of the shaping. groove 12. The bail end is inserted in the receivbail 7 causes the. curvedshaped end to pass into the ear and the portion of thebail which passes from the deliverv end of the die is progressively curved. This permits the end of the bail to be passed through the opening in the ear asit is curved anda permanently curved endformed on that portion ofthe bail which is within the ear. I v

Afterthe bail end has'been' fully inserted intheear then the upper member 10 of the die is slid laterally uncoveringthe shaping i v groove andthe lower portion of the die low-1 ered or the bail raised so .as to release. 1t

from thedie. This'completes the attachment of the bail to the ear of the container.

It will be noted that the curved portion the ear is curved about a relatively short radius. The extreme end 76 of the bail over-' .hangs theportion7a and lies in engagement with or substantiallyin. engagement with the inner wall 30f theear. The curved end lies very close to the inner wall 2 of the ear. The bail may be freely swung from a horizontal f toa verticalposition', but the end of the bail is'shaped sothat it cann ot'be detached from the ear without afstraightening out -of this curved portion withinthe ear. p While the bail end is showna's de'rstood that it may be otherwise shaped without departing from the spirit of the in- :said groove.

v V curved so as to substantially-extend acrossthe chamber within the'ear and with the end of thebail. in conta'ctwith the front wall, it will be unvention set forth in the appended claims. The essential feature resides in the utilizing of a shaping die which progressively shapes the end of the bail as it is inserted through the opening into the ear and wherein this shaping of the end is of such a character'as to permanently attach the bail to the-ear, i

It will be noted from the above that the method described permits the bail to attached tothe ear afterthe'ear has been at tached totheicontain'er. This greatly facilitates andfcheapens the method of making containers with bails wherein the bail is permanent-ly attached to the ear and the ear is of such acharacter that it is-not possible toreach the'inner end of the bail-and shape it a fterfl it has passe'd through the opening in the ear. Having fully described my invention, what T'claim'as new and desireto-secure by- Letters 1. The method of attaching bails tolcon-f tainers consisting in passing-the bai=1end; endwlse through ashaplng die associated;

withthe ear and. progressively shaping the endof. the bail as itis inserted through-theopening in'the ear for permanently attaching the bail to theear 2. Themethod of attaching bails 1:6 001i tainers consisting in inserting the bail-end in a shaping groove of a. die associated wlth nates oppositethe opening in the ear, whereby thebailend is progressively shapedas 'it is inserted through the opening in the ear for permanently attac-hingathe bail to the ear;

. m 3. The methodofattachingbails to con:,-.

tainers consisting. in passing the baiLe nd through a shaping groove-in a sectional die; I which-die .is associated with the ear so-thatl the delivery end of the groove is opposite the. opening in the ear whereby the bailend as it passes from the die-will be passed through,

the opening and into the ear,isaid groove being shaped so as to permanently attach the bail end to they ear- J 4. The method ofattachingbaiIs to containersconsisting in passing the bail end througha shaping groovein a sectional die, 1

which die is associated with theear so. that the delivery end of thegroove is opposite the opening in the'eargwhereby the bail endasit passes'from the die Willbe passed-through the openingand into the ear, said groove being. shaped so as to permanently attaeh the' bail endto the ear, and subsequently'separating the die sections and removingthe bail by av lateral movement relative to the die from In testimony whereof, my signature.

. W J. HOWARD; Rn s -I W;

the ear, which groove is curved andterm 

